What is in the air this week? Did the end of daylight savings time, a cold front in Texas, gloomy skies, and F1 fear all pool together to create a perfect storm that is making everyone so damn insecure? I’m feeling it too It hit me square in the nose as I finished up a cup of coffee after

I love the interwebs! It’s a place where people rally together to create internet memes within minutes of a questionable choice of words (“binders full of women“) A place where words like ZOMG! and ERMAHGERD! can be a part of your vocabulary And a place where sometimes you find touching dissertations masquerading as blog

Dudes, it’s November already Like less than two weeks until Thanksgiving November! I know I just stressed you out I’m sorry, but that’s the kind of year 2012 has been And amidst all the holiday demands – the garland and lights being strung up at your local Target, and the paper snowflakes getting trimmed by Buddy the elf at

October, you almost had me With a biz trip to Orlando, and two impromptu ones to Dallas for family, you almost did me in with your old bag of tricks In fact, if it weren’t for my share of treats along the way I may very well have swelled up and turned to a pumpkin Poof!

But here it

Last month my wife and I packed up and hit the road to spend a long weekend in Marfa Telling this to people evokes two distinct reactions You’ll either hear “Oooh! I absolutely love Marfa!” or “What the heck is Marfa?” Well, in today’s post I’m going to tell you exactly what the heck Marfa is and why you

Ah, finally It’s cocktail time My first since getting back from Orlando Well, let me rephrase The first cocktail I’ve made MYSELF since getting back from Orlando Wait, that’s a lie too because I went to a fun cocktail birthday party with jello shots and elderflower punch last weekend, and I brought a variation of

A few months ago, I found myself seated at a wine tasting seminar in the back of the new south Austin Whole Foods I just got through with the Easy Tiger maker tour, and was on the lookout for another great local place to showcase Possessing a major sweet tooth both ice creameries and

I’m in Orlando this week for a work conference (the engineering kind not the photography kind) I’m having a great time so far, having kicked off my first night with an evening at Cask & Larder per the recommendation of Marilyn from Forkful  - I still have some of

It’s Tuesday and another tour is in the cards for you Today’s tourismo, as I like to call them, was one of those fortunate leads that just fell in my lap – really almost literally as it arrived in my email inbox on my laptop The email from one of my AT editor’s included a few images and a

“Why don’t we get you out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini?”

My second favorite line from the movie Beerfest inspires today’s post (my favorite line involves the letters Z and J)

It’s officially Fall, and the change in season was rung in with a couple sudden and long episodes of rainfall – not